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Hi Everybody:

This time there won't be any gossip from me. Not that I have reformed. Heaven forbid! But what follows is one of those things that take place in the life of a writer that catch the author by sur- prise. Let us say that I sat at the typewriter and almost closing my eyes (I can't close them completely because I don't use the touch system) I let my fingers drum out a string of thoughts that had been incubating inside like a coiled spring. Chances are there might be a sequel to this story since, after re- reading it, I realized that a great deal of what is said is almost autobiographical. It might be described as a blend of childhood memories with a bit of filling from the author's imagination.

Let us call it